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Showing result 16 - 20 of 58 swedish dissertations containing the words online discussion.

  2. 16. Water and Health in Egypt: An Empirical Analysis

    Author : Hala Abou-Ali; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child mortality; Choice experiment; Contingent Valuation Method; Discrete choice; Elasticity; Egypt; Health; Household environment; Marginal effects; Transition models; Unobserved heterogeneity; Water and sanitation; Wealth; Willingness to pay.;

    Abstract : This thesis is an empirical work dealing with water issues in Egypt where the emphasis is put on the analysis of the relationship: inadequate water quality and health impacts. The first chapter includes a general discussion of water resources in Egypt and other developing countries. READ MORE

  4. 17. Three Essays on Electricity Spot and Financial Derivative Prices at the Nordic Power Exchange

    Author : Daniel Deng; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nord Pool; market efficiency; cointegration; rational expectation competitive storage model; BDS test; Hsiehâ??s third order moment test; nonlinear causality; EGARCH; convenience yield; call option;

    Abstract : Essay I examines the market efficiency issues at the Nord Pool power exchange in the September 1995 - July 2002 period. A unique characteristic of this electricity exchange is the high hydropower proportion in the traded electricity; water in the hydro reservoir acting as hydropower inventory therefore plays an important role in the pricing of electricity. READ MORE

  5. 18. Essays on Asymmetric Information and Environmental Regulation through Disclosure

    Author : Jorge H. García; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Norm; Imperfect Information; Environmental Policy; Pollution Control; Public Disclosure; Environmental Management; Bayesian Equilibrium; Panel Data; Bivariate Analysis; Indonesia; Central and Eastern Europe.;

    Abstract : This dissertation delves into different aspects of a relatively new policy approach for industrial pollution control: the public dissemination of information by regulators regarding the environmental performance of firms. These schemes are sometimes referred to as regulation through disclosure or informational regulation. READ MORE

  6. 19. Essays on the Performance of Fire and Rescue Services

    Author : Henrik Jaldell; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; efficiency; productivity; public sector; intermediate output; panel data; stochastic frontier; data envelopment analysis DEA ; Malmquist; ordinal output; ordered probit;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and five separate papers. All papers deal with measuring performance for the Swedish fire and rescue services. The first paper describes the production process of fire safety, while Papers 2-5 are empirical analyses measuring performance for some aspects of that process. READ MORE

  7. 20. Environmental taxation - Empirical and Theoretical Applications

    Author : Åsa Löfgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Oil; Decomposition; Gasoline; Policy instruments; Causality; Political economy; Optimal taxation; Habit formation; Environment; Intertemporal choice;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained articles, and hence each paper can be read independently. Still, all five papers have one important feature in common: environmental taxation. READ MORE